You Do That? Really??

It has been on my mind lately that professional organizing encompasses so much more than what lots of folks initially think - we can't all be working our magic on home improvement or reality-TV shows after all.  So without further ado, it might surprise you to know that a professional organizer can:

• Coach you on time management skills
• Recommend and help you learn how to use new apps for productivity
• Assist with setting up the office for your new business (and how cool is it to start out being organized from the very beginning?)
• Get a family calendar system in place for you
  
• Help you pare down that book collection (because do you really still need your 1993 edition of What Color is my Parachute?)
• Create amazing ways to keep and display photos and memorabilia
• Organize a kitchen/pantry/garage/closet/attic/basement/playroom...you get the idea
  
• Help plan and execute a move
• Systematize and digitize important family documents
• Help you find things you thought you'd lost forever (like Grandma's 1930s-era movie poster collection or Uncle Edgar's 48-star American flag)
• After finding those lost treasures, perhaps plan and execute a garage sale (or sales on eBay or Craigslist)??  Really, American Pickers is probably not coming to your neighborhood any time soon...
  
• Organize your email
• Assist with the clearance of an estate
• Plan special events
  
• Create a customized file system
• Teach basic organization skills (sure, they can be learned)
• Set up workflow systems
• Speak to a group (great topics like "Stop Procrastinating - Starting Tomorrow!")
  
• Collect and organize personal medical records
  

And the list goes on.  There's an organizer out there for most any task you can think up that requires a fresh set of eyes, enthusiasm, and the knack for creating order out of chaos.  Professional organizers will help you get these tasks done more quickly and efficiently, and teach you the basic organizing skills you can use for other projects.    Some organizers come for one long session, others for repeated follow ups - there's even long-distance virtual organizing.  Would you love to learn more?  Check out the following websites for lots of great information:

www.napo.net (official website of the National Association of Professional Organizers)
http://naponashville.com/blog/ (website of the Nashville chapter of NAPO)

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